Here are all of the YouTube statistics and facts you will ever want to know including number of users, videos, views, subscriber stats and more.
YouTube is a true American success story. It began as the brainchild of Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim: three PayPal employees that wanted to create a platform where users could post and share video clips. As a startup, YouTube attracted users and funding fairly quickly and was snatched up by the almighty Google roughly a year and a half after it was launched for $1.65 billion.
When a social network has over a billion users that spend amazing amounts of time on it daily, there is no shortage of aspects of and facts about YouTube that can be measured and reported. I have been collecting YouTube stats and facts for about 6 years now in this curated collection. Below is a lengthy sampling of what I have put together over the years and if you like what you see, you can purchase the entire downloadable report at the bottom of this post. As always, I will be adding to and updating these stats as often as they are made available.
YouTube Facts
- Website: youtube.com
- Release date: 2005
- Headquarters: San Bruno, Ca
- Parent company: Google/Alphabet
- YouTube founders: Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen
- CEO: Susan Wojcicki
YouTube History
- 2005 – YouTube launched
- 2006 – Google purchases YouTube for $1.65 billion
- 2010 – YouTube began streaming cricket matches
- 2011 – YouTube gets a major site redesign
- 2015 – YouTube Kids launched
- 2015 – YouTube Premium launched (as YouTube Red)
- 2017 – YouTube gets a major site redesign
YouTube Statistics
How many people use YouTube?
1.8 billion logged-in monthly YouTube users
Last updated 5/4/18
How many people watch YouTube in the US?
Last updated 1/27/17
Number of countries YouTube has users in:
Last updated 11/29/17
Amount of content YouTube users watch annually:
Last updated 10/9/16
Percentage of YouTube traffic from mobile:
Last updated 2/27/17
Number of times the YouTube app has been installed from the Play Store:
Last updated 12/3/18
YouTube overall reaches more 18-34 and 18-49 year-olds than any cable network in the U.S.
Average amount of video content watched on YouTube daily:
Last updated 2/27/17
Average time spent on YouTube per session:
Last updated 10/3/16
How many YouTube videos are uploaded every minute?
Last updated 11/5/17
How many YouTube videos are uploaded every day?
Last updated 11/5/17
Number of YouTube channels with more than 1 million subscribers:
Last updated 2/3/16
Percentage of US Internet users, aged 13-17 (teens) that use YouTube:
Last updated 5/31/18
Percentage of US enterprise companies that use YouTube:
Last updated 7/13/16
Type of YouTube content most preferred by Millennials:
How many YouTube video views that come from mobile devices:
Last updated 10/3/16
Average amount of time YouTube logged-in users spend watching on mobile daily:
more than one hour per day
Last updated 6/22/17
Number of signals YouTube users have created over time:
Last updated 6/20/17
What is the most-viewed YouTube video ever?
Despacito w/over 5 billion views
Last updated 4/6/18
How many people in India watch YouTube?
Last updated 8/28/18
Percentage of US millennials that visit YouTube daily:
Last updated 1/6/17
YouTube makes up over half of people’s time watching online video on television.
Last updated 9/1/16
Percentage of US teen boys (aged 13-17) that use YouTube daily:
Last updated May 2017
Percentage of US teen girls (aged 13-17) that use YouTube daily:
Last updated May 2017
Estimated amount that US YouTube creators earned in 2016:
Number of weekly active YouTube Kids viewers:
Last updated 2/13/17
Number of revenue-earning YouTube users in the US:
Last updated 2/1/18
Video with the most YouTube views in its first 24 hours:
Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (43.2 million views)
Last updated 8/29/17
Number of markets that YouTube TV is available in:
Last updated 3/12/18
Number of YouTube TV subscribers:
Last updated 3/1/19
Amount Google paid in 2006 to purchase YouTube:
$1.65 billion
How many videos on YouTube are captioned:
Last updated 2/16/17
Top video on YouTube in 2017:
Until We Will Become Dust – Oyster Masked (ตราบธุลีดิน – หน้ากากหอยนางรม) | THE MASK SINGER 2
Number of people that watch gaming videos and streams on YouTube each day:
Last updated 9/18/18
Top-earning YouTube star (based on income):
Last updated 12/4/18
Average amount of YouTube content that is watched on TV screens daily:
Last updated 10/16/18
Amount of gaming content viewed on YouTube in 2018:
Most subscribed-to YouTube channel:
Last updated 3/11/19
Most viewed YouTube video of all time:
Last updated 2/25/19
This report is available in an annual industry report. Some of the data in industry reports include:
- User Totals
- Demographics
- Activity and Video Stats
- Mobile Stats
- Advertising and Revenue Stats
- Etc.- all in one place
I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.
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Report 1: Google Product Report (Android, Chrome, Gmail, Google, Google Play, Home, and YouTube).
Report 2: Billion Users Club Report (Android, Apple, Facebook, Messenger, Google, Instagram, Microsoft, WeChat, WhatsApp, YouTube).
Report 3: Video Streaming Service Report (Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Roku, Hulu)
Report 4: Social Media Companies Report (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Twitter, WeChat)